Speak

Hear it, say it, see how close you got. Your browser's speech recognition listens, and the app shows which letters came out differently.

About your voice

When you tap the microphone, your browser records you and sends the audio to its maker's speech service (in Chrome, for example, Google's) to turn it into text. Cognata gets only that text, uses it to score you on this page, and never stores your recording. Your scores stay in this browser.

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Speak Italian

Everyday Italian, one dialogue at a time: a sound law to listen for, the words, then every line out loud.

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Dialogue shadowing

The app plays each line of a dialogue; repeat it right after and get scored line by line.

Meeting someone At the café Asking the way At the market At the hotel reception At the train station At the restaurant At the pharmacy Making plans with a friend A phone call At the doctor's Renting a room in a shared apartment A job interview Talking about the weekend

Word practice

Pick a category: hear each word, say it, get scored, keep going.